Quotes of Samuel Butler

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If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

- Samuel Butler

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“ There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Motorbike Poem by Malay Roy Choudhury I am on motorbike yezdi yamaha when flanked by horizon gallop backwards through sand blizzard tinsel clouds explode at my feet without helmet and speedsplit air at eighty in midsummer simoon each soundcart recedes onrushing lorries flee in a flash No time to brood but Yes accident expected anytime may even turn into a junkheap in a droughtnursed field. Translation of Bengali original 'Motor Cycle ”

- Malay Roychoudhury

“ Nothing that is perfect can be taught ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet! ”

- John Green

“ Do I care about pleasure? Yes. But I don't believe in happiness. ”

- Tatiana Vedenska

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it viz. that it is everywhere. You can't get away from it. Love, I mean. Wherever you go, there it is, buzzing along in every class of life. Quite remarkable. ”

- P. G. Wodehouse

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving. ”

- Fulton J. Sheen

“ Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences – increases your selfesteem – boosts confidence in your ability to decisions – and ultimately leads to achieve success in life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right. ”

- Becca Fitzpatrick

“ Bagiku ada sesuatu yang paling berharga dan hakiki dalam kehidupan: 'dapat mencintai, dapat iba hati, dapat merasai kedukaan'. Tanpa itu semua maka kita tidak lebih dari benda. Berbahagialah orang yang masih mempunyai rasa cinta, yang belum sampai kehilangan benda yang paling bernilai itu. Kalau kita telah kehilangan itu maka absurdlah hidup kita. ”

- Soe Hok Gie

“ It is now how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. ”

- Unknown

“ Love thy neighbor — and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. ”

- Mae West

“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ In the waltz of the leaves in the air In the features of the playful clouds In the nostalgia carried by the wind In Paris alone, I save your love (fragment from Your presence “partout”, chapter Hope) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ”

- Dr. Seuss

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ Life is an abstract art, and it’s up to you to make sense of it. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Battered was my heart in the deep search, branded with cracks like slices of silver birch. An ignorant dream, a wish, just fool's gold that was the tale that love had sold. ”

- Sara Secora

“ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran